"What's going on with the Queen Mother and the Azure Bird? Why did they send you here?"
Beneath the towering ice, Kuafu with doubt.
He was just about to run away.
"Old Ghost, I don't know either, but why don't we go to the Misty Ghost Forest?" Old Ghost asked. "There, in my birthplace, my spiritual power is invincible."
"Your spiritual power is invincible, but in total, you cannot defeat ten golden crows," Kuafu said. "Invincibility is only relative. In the Milky Way, and in this Nether Sea where I have cultivated for thousands of years, my spiritual power is also invincible."
"Just as the power of the Vulcan in the Valley of Flames is a hundred times greater than in other places."
"Don't talk big like that, Old Ghost."
"The most urgent task now is to fully activate the [Holy Spirit Stone] within Hou Yi's body."
"No matter what Hou Yi the Queen Mother and the others have, Hou Yi, who has fully activated the Holy Spirit Stone, along with me and you, Old Ghost, are invincible as long as we don't face the Golden Crow."
"Truly invincible."
Above the towering ice.
"Queen Mother, Dragon King, what are you doing! Have you forgotten the duties of the gods?"
Gonggong summoned the Xuanwu Seal, which resembled a wine pot, and shouted sternly.
In response, the Queen Mother simply chanted a divine incantation, and moonlight fell like water, condensing into a moon shadow above her head. "The God of the Moon is above me; my heart is like the moon, and the moon and I are in harmony."
"This is..." The Setsuna Gonggong saw the moon's shadow, everything the Queen Mother wanted to tell him welled up in his heart.
He fell into a brief silence.
"Wind God Sister, is your divine spell truly effective?" The Dragon King circled the Queen Mother. "How did you learn it?"
"The Spirit of Taiyin is a power that all living beings in heaven and earth can wield, and it is not as fierce as the Spirit of the Sun. Even mortals can master it," said the Queen Mother. "Dragon King, you must learn to use your Spirit of the Sun to absorb it, and then feel it with your heart."
"Too much trouble, too much trouble." The Dragon King shook his head. "Your Dragon King, I already know enough divine spells. I'd rather take a nap in Thunder Swamp than waste this time. Yes, once I've destroyed that great Evil Demon Yihe, I'm definitely going to go back to Thunder Swamp for a good night's sleep!"
"Is all of this true?" Gonggong slumped to the ground. "Yihe and Zhurong are the traitors. Yihe devoured Zhurong, and the Bright Demon Beast became the Taiyin God. The Three Realms will be united."
Every piece of information here is shocking enough and enough to make people suspicious.
But this message came from the wisest among the Four Great Heavens, and it was conveyed through a method of unspoken communication, where they could not lie.
Therefore, the absurdity of the content only makes it seem more real and believable.
Sun God Palace.
"No! The Yihe!"
Amidst the roar of Emperor Yan, the laughter of the God of Fire vanished completely.
Instead, there was Yihe's laughter.
"Haha, Emperor Yan, Zhurong can't hear your voice."
"He died with a smile on his face. You should be happy for him. At least in the last moment of his life, he was finally the sun."
Outside the mirror Yihe, Yihe's dark-colored divine armor, resembling the texture of a living crayfish, transformed into a cooked crayfish like Zhurong.
"Finally, I obtained the primordial spirit of the fire god."
"He possessed a physical body identical to that of the Golden Crow."
"From this day forward, the Heavenly Emperor is the Golden Crow, and the Golden Crow is the Heavenly Emperor!"
"I am destiny!"
In the mirror, the remaining nine golden crows took shape completely at this moment.
Ah--!
Ah--!
"Fly! Fly! My golden crow!"
"Fly fast, Golden Crow!"
"Go and destroy those evil gods who defy the will of Heaven!"
"No, it's about eliminating those Evil Demons who defy the will of Heaven!"
Although he said this, the golden crow that flew out of Buzhou Immortal Mountain only flew out; it still stayed at the top of the sky near the starry sky of the universe, echoing the real sun.
He flew to the center of the eleven suns, bathed in their intense light, yet remained unharmed.
"This is your last chance. The moon's radiance protects all living beings, including you."
"Come, bathe in my glory, come to my temple, and surrender to me completely."
He was waiting, waiting for his former colleagues to voluntarily submit.
There is a poor country, and a temple of the gods.
"Taiyin God".
Gonggong knelt on one knee.
Li Lin, standing in the center of the main hall, raised his hand to signal Gonggong stand up. "The ten golden crows of Yihe have been completely refined. Taiyin has begun to appear during the day."
The dome of the main hall became transparent, and eleven suns and a moon shone brightly in harmony.
"Thanks to you, Taiyin God, all living beings in the world are able to survive," said the Queen Mother.
"Taiyin God, should we go to the Sun God Palace immediately?" The Dragon King stopped joking. "Yihe seems to be waiting for us there."
"The sun today is far too weak compared to my moon," Li Lin said. "These ten golden crows have just balanced them. They have balanced the three realms, and the three realms are beginning to merge. The Power of Heaven is about to disappear."
After the sun gave birth to Emperor Yan, it was induced by Yihe to give birth to ten golden crows.
Weakness is inevitable.
However, Emperor Yan was truly ruthless. Even after being born, he still used the [Gate of Heaven] as a breast pump to absorb the primordial spiritual power of his mother, the sun.
"My father—" Jingwei dared not finish her sentence, fearing it was all just a dream.
Li Lin nodded. "He will break free from the seal. He will be carrying the Demon Subduing Umbrella."
"That's really interesting. The Sun God is carrying the Demon Subduing Umbrella, and the Demon-Subduing Heavenly God is holding the [Sun God Mirror]." Gonggong rarely joked, as the Sun God's imminent release from his seal greatly comforted and inspired him.
Just now, the Setsuna I learned that ten golden crows had been forged.
Only he realized that this also meant the death of the Fire God Zhurong.
"There is no [Sun God Mirror]," Li Lin said. "It is the [Gate of Heaven]. It will no longer possess the power to continuously draw the Spirit of the Sun from the sun. Its predecessor, the [Gate of Heaven], is still powerful. But it can only serve as a mirror reflecting its own spiritual power."
Yan Valley.
The heavenly soldiers and generals under Zhurong all knelt before the Demon Suppressing Stone.
"Emperor Yan, the master's divine light has vanished."
"Why is that?"
"The Yihe and Harmonious Union has destroyed your master," said Emperor Yan.
If Zhurong were still alive, she would be astonished that the Yan Emperor Yan, who had never responded for a thousand years, was so familiar with his subordinates.
"The appearance of the Golden Crows did indeed make the poisonous fire more intense, but they also made me stronger."
"Emperor Yan, what do you want?" the leading general asked.
"I am refining the Demon Suppressing Stone with poisonous fire," said the Emperor Yan.
"Where Yihe?" a heavenly soldier asked worriedly.
"He has more important things to deal with now." A hint of reluctance flashed in Emperor Yan's voice. "My old friend."
Sun God Palace.
"No, my [Sunlight Divine Mirror]." Yihe heartache, continuously pouring the Spirit of the Sun into the mirror.
The disappearance of the Power of Heaven not only petrified the [Sunlight Divine Mirror], but also caused the entire Buzhou Immortal Mountain, including the Sun God Palace, to slowly fall.
But at this moment, all he could see was the [Sunlight Divine Mirror].
If the Golden Crow embodies his soul, then the [Sunlight Divine Mirror] embodies his primordial spirit.
"Come back, Golden Crow!"
"Go back to the mirror!"
Ah--!
Ah--!
The golden crows flew back into the petrified mirror.
The frame of the Sun God Mirror stopped petrifying and turned gold again.
The relief depicting Emperor Yan as the Leader of the Gods, leading them to sweep away Evil Demon, has also disappeared and been replaced.
They transformed into ten golden crows to govern the world, with the sun and moon shining brightly together.
"My primordial spirit, my soul, have been reunited!"
Yihe's skin turned completely golden, as did the whites of his eyes and his pupils.
The purple demon-subduing mark on his skin faded, transforming into flame patterns representing the Golden Crow.
His divine armor, which resembled a lobster, turned golden and shone brightly, and ten pairs of wings sprouted from his back!
"No, they have completely merged into one."
He excitedly held up the mirror.
"The Sun God Mirror —no, the Golden Crow Divine Mirror —has completely become my primordial spirit!"
"The Ice Bow Xuan Arrow are no longer my weaknesses."
"The ten golden crows merged with my divine mirror, becoming my primordial spirit together with it."
He belatedly looked at the Sun God Palace, which had sunk hundreds of miles below the surface.
"With the disappearance of the Power of Heaven," the radiance of the Golden Crow shone forth from him once more, and the Three Realms were once again filled with its light. He also began to sense the changes in the Three Realms. "The Three Realms are merging into one!"
"This means that I am the chosen one!"
"I, the God of the Golden Crow, understand destiny better than you!"
"Did you hear that, Emperor Yan! The great Sun God!"
"You are wrong!"
"You did not anticipate the appearance of Taiyin!"
"We also need to close the [Gate of Heaven], because the Power of Heaven has now disappeared!"
He roared at the mirror, and it took him a long time to realize that it now completely belonged to it, had lost its connection with the Emperor Yan, and the Emperor Yan could no longer hear him.
"Huff, huff, huff."
He calmed himself down. "What a pity, I still have to wait for Wind God Sister and the others."
"They haven't arrived for so long because they've been busy dealing with the disappearance of the Power of Heaven and the unification of the Three Realms."
The Golden Crow Divine Mirror became his primordial spirit, which also meant that he had lost his connection with the Demon Suppressing Stone.
In the Valley of Flames.
"Now!"
Emperor Yan roared.
Crackling, crackling—
The stone's Demon Suppressing Stone layer and divine runes began to crack, and its elongated shape was becoming oval.
Emperor Yan carried it and flew away.
The poisonous fire in Yan Valley, which had never been extinguished since the beginning of time, was completely put out.
"Greetings, Emperor Yan!" The heavenly soldiers and generals knelt down.
The Demon Suppressing Stone transformed into a 'small sun'.
It hangs on Emperor Yan's outstretched right hand, radiating the same Spirit of the Sun as the sun in the sky, and its surface is also burning with golden poisonous fire.
"I lost the [Sunlight Divine Mirror], but gained the [Sun Stone]," Emperor Yan sighed.
His gaze swept towards the sky above the former Sun God Palace. "I'm coming, Yihe."
"That is, the Emperor Yan!" Yihe sensed the Emperor Yan's spiritual power. "How could this be? This spiritual power is no longer gentle and full of life. Instead, it is as fiery as the Golden Crow, just like me who has absorbed the power of the Fire God and the Golden Crow."
"It can't be that he absorbed the Flame Valley, can it?"
"Impossible. The poisonous fire in Yan Valley cannot be extinguished even by the Xuan arrows shot from the Ice Bow."
"It is the true Samadhi True Fire."
"Whether it be a powerful Spirit of Darkness, Spirit of the Sun, or even Spirit of Chaos, they will all become its fuel."
"The Holy Spirit Stone is practically a form of fire."
Beneath the towering ice.
Hou Yi opened his eyes. "I felt the [Holy Spirit Stone] pulsating, as if... as if another of its brothers had been born."
He has now materialized a deep blue divine armor.
This signifies that he has been frozen for a thousand years, absorbing the manifestations of countless Spirit of Darkness from the Nether Sea.
The Holy Spirit Stone can absorb all the spiritual energy in the world.
However, Xing Tian's [Holy Spirit Stone] is primarily composed of [Spirit of the Sun], secondarily of [Spirit of Chaos], and the weakest of [Spirit of Darkness].
In order to enable Hou Yi to deal with the Golden Crow.
The Holy Spirit Stone can be successfully transformed into its primordial spirit, and the Holy Spirit Stone and the Ice Bow Xuan Arrow become one.
Kuafu then froze it under the ten-thousand-foot-deep ice of the Dark Sea for a thousand years.
"Perhaps this is related to the Yin energy," the Old Ghost guessed. "Hopefully, the owner of that stone isn't our enemy."
The ten golden crows didn't appear for long before disappearing with the birth of the [Golden Crow Divine Mirror].
Therefore, including Old Ghost, all three believed that the Golden Crow had not yet been fully refined.
"Your Holy Spirit Stone has not yet fully fused with the Ice Bow Xuan Arrow," Kuafu said. "Right now you can only shoot the Mystic Arrow and kill the Golden Crow. But your body is not yet protected by the powerful Spirit of Darkness of the Ice Bow Xuan Arrow."
"So remember, don't get too close to the Golden Crow, shoot from a distance."
He, who had been earnestly trying to persuade him, could hardly have imagined that Hou Yi from the original timeline would actually foolishly run to the Sun God Palace with the Four Great Heavens and shoot at the Golden Crow.
Hesitantly staring at the golden crow for a long time without shooting, his eyes were blinded by the light. Fortunately, Jingwei used the most powerful artifact in the world of immortals—tears—to completely merge the Holy Spirit Stone and the Ice Bow.
Otherwise, Hou Yi would have been defeated.
"I know." Hou Yi nodded. "Shall we set off?"
"The farthest place from the Golden Crow is probably the Underworld Sea where we are," the Old Ghost said, looking at Kuafu.
Kuafu nodded, "I will ride the Kunpeng to the Sun God Palace and use the Starlight Spell to guide you. You and Old Ghost just need to stay here."
"Believe in yourself; you were raised to be an excellent hunter."
"Moreover, you have eleven ice arrows."
The image of the three people's conversation appeared in the Temple of the Gods.
"Emperor Yan has been resurrected, Hou Yi has become the God of War," Li Lin said, taking a sip of tea. "It's time for us to set off as well."
The disappearance of the reflected moon also caused the image of the moon projected in the water to disappear.
"Yes." The gods bowed and lowered their heads.
Sun God Palace.
"Why is Buzhou Immortal Mountain getting so close to the ground?" Kuafu, riding on Kunpeng, stopped at the Sun God Palace.
The Sun God Palace was built by gathering the power of all the gods; it is a powerful palace-shaped magical artifact.
"Using it to cast the Starlight Spell might make it even more powerful."
"Long time no see, Kuafu." This familiar voice struck Kuafu like a thunderbolt. "Emperor Yan!"
"You want to use the Starlight Spell to guide Hou Yi?" Emperor Yan shook his head. "That's not a good idea. I can sense the Spirit of the Sun in the dome that is as large as me. The Ice Bow Xuan Arrow are no longer the nemesis of Yihe."
"Or rather, Hou Yi must shoot Yihe eleven times without giving Yihe time to use the Yuanling Spell to recover his spiritual power."
"But the Xuan Arrow should only—"
"I have created eleven," Kuafu interrupted. "Then the plan needs to be changed." He looked at Kunpeng and said, "Go, go and bring Hou Yi and the Old Ghost here."
"Eleven?" Emperor Yan was shocked; this far exceeded his expectations.
The difficulty of going from ten to eleven is not a quantitative change, but a qualitative change.
It would take at least 1,500 years for Kuafu to complete this.
"Is it because of you, Taiyin?"
He looked up at the moon.